Kentucky, 2025

Dense Fog in Kentucky, May 6, 2025

May 6, 2025 · NWS PAH · 12 events in 12 counties and zones

Surface high pressure was draped across west Kentucky from the evening of the 5th through the morning of the 6th. As a result, skies were clear and winds were calm, which allowed dense fog to develop in the pre-dawn hours and persist through sunrise.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 12 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
12

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.

Surface high pressure was draped across west Kentucky from the evening of the 5th through the morning of the 6th. As a result, skies were clear and winds were calm, which allowed dense fog to develop in the pre-dawn hours and persist through sunrise.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 5, 10:20 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 10:20 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 1:54 PM CST, 10 hours 36 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
254 PM CDT Mon May 5 2025

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-062000-
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-White-
Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-Hardin-
Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-Warrick-
Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-Livingston-
Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-Union KY-Webster-
Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean-Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-
Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-
Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid-
254 PM CDT Mon May 5 2025 /354 PM EDT Mon May 5 2025/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Illinois, southwest
Indiana, western Kentucky and southeast Missouri.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Patchy dense fog is possible tonight and early Tuesday morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

There is a daily chance of isolated thunderstorms Wednesday through
Friday, primarily during the afternoon and evening hours. Severe
thunderstorms are not anticipated.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

JGG

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

12 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Daviess

When
May 6, 12:30 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
Where
Daviess forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Henderson

When
May 6, 2:00 AM CST to 7:30 AM CST
Where
Henderson forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Fulton

When
May 6, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Fulton forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, McLean

When
May 6, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
McLean forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Webster

When
May 6, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Webster forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.518, -87.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Union

When
May 6, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Union forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Hickman

When
May 6, 4:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where
Hickman forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Carlisle

When
May 6, 5:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where
Carlisle forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.853, -88.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Christian

When
May 6, 5:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Christian forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Muhlenberg

When
May 6, 5:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Muhlenberg forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Todd

When
May 6, 5:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Todd forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Ballard

When
May 6, 6:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where
Ballard forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Dense Fog
Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1260723, 1260722, 1260712, 1260718, 1260719, 1260720, 1260713, 1260711, 1260714, 1260715, 1260717, 1260709.